How Many People Are Named Parke?
An estimated 353 people in the United States have the first name Parke. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 52 years old, and Parke peaked in popularity in 1915 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Parke as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Parke paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
353
About 1 in 970,975 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
52
years old
Peak Year
1915
17 births
Total Registered
641
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Parke
Parke is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 641 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Parke as a male name
Ranked #13,644 in 2023
5 male births in 2023
Peak: 1915 (17 births)
Parke: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Parke span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 90 babies were registered. Parke has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Parke by Decade
How has Parke tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Parke by State
Parke + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Parke as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Parke
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Parke: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Parke?
We estimate approximately 353 people named Parke are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 970,975 Americans share this first name.
Is Parke a common name?
Parke is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 641 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Parke most popular?
Parke reached peak popularity in 1915, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Parke is approximately 52 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Parke a male name?
Parke is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Parke Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Parke Smith, Parke Johnson, Parke Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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